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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Apple iPhone 4: Steve Jobs hints at reception fix
In an email to a customer, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs has implied that fault with reception on the iPhone 4...
Monday, June 28, 2010
PAPER: American president wrong to lecture
The first Group of 20 summit in November 2008 proclaimed a new era of “global solutions to global problems...
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barack obama,
g20,
g20 summit,
global problems,
global solutions,
tornoto
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Shoddy disposal work mars crude cleanup
A leaky truck filled with oil-stained sand and absorbent boom soaked in crude pulls away from the beach, leaving tar balls in a public parking lot
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bp,
deepwater horizon,
florida,
gulf of mexico,
oil spill,
tar balls
Thursday, June 24, 2010
New-home sales plummet nearly 33% in May from April
Commerce Department says new homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 300,000 units in May, a record low and an 18.3% drop from a year earlier...
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4 sale by owner,
barack obama,
fannie mae,
freddie mac,
home sales,
recession
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
BP oil spill 'could be double original estimate'
An internal BP document released on Sunday showed that the company has estimated that oil could pour from its broken well in the Gulf of Mexico at the rate of 100,000barrels a day..
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bp,
deepwater horizon,
gulf of mexico,
oil spill
Monday, June 21, 2010
Slavery and pain: the Nazis on the Channel Islands
Ex-Bergerac star John Nettles has made a film about the islands' wartime occupation. The Telegraph's Olly Grant reports.
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hitler,
john nettles,
nazi,
olly grant,
pain,
slavery,
wartime occupation
Sunday, June 20, 2010
ZUCKERMAN: World Sees Obama as Incompetent, Amateur
President Obama came into office as the heir to a great foreign policy legacy enjoyed by every recent U.S. president. Why? Because the United States stands on top of the power ladder, not necessarily as the dominant power...
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barack obama,
foreign policy,
u.s.president,
united states
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Russia pushes for New Reserve Currency; Meets With China
Russia wants the ruble to be one of the world’s reserve currencies as President Dmitry Medvedev renews his push to reduce the dollar’s dominance and make Moscow a global financial hub...
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cash. money,
dmitry medvedev,
russia,
russia currency
Friday, June 18, 2010
World Cup: Body Painted Porn Stars Play For National Glory
The World Cup in South Africa is currently showcasing some of the finest soccer players on the planet, but another soccer competition featured a different kind of talent. Over the weekend, a sexy soccer showdown pitted Germany against Brazil. The contestants? Body painted porn stars. WARNING PICTURES CONTAIN NUDITY.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
U.S. Imposes New Penalties On Iran Firms And Officials
The Obama administration, seeking to build on the momentum of the Iran resolution passed last week by the United Nations..
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iran resolution,
iran sanctions,
the u.s.,
un,
united nations,
united states
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
UN 'concern' over Korea tensions
The UN Security Council has said it is "gravely concerned" for the future of peace on the Korean peninsula, following the sinking of a South Korean naval ship in March.
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
FBI: Ted Kennedy was death threat magnet
For decades after gunmen shot down his brothers , Sen. Edward Kennedy lived under constant assassination threats of his own, sometimes chillingly specific...
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assassination,
death threat,
john f kennedy,
robert kennedy,
ted kennedy
Monday, June 14, 2010
The Slow Death of the Death Penalty?
"This is clearly a throwback to an earlier time, and people wonder, how can we still be doing that?" asked Richard Dieter, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, D.C.
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death entence,
death penalty,
justice,
the death penalty
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Goldman Being Sued By Hedge Fund
An Australian hedge fund manager said it has filed a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs Group Inc. seeking more than $1 billion in damages after losing money in troubled mortgage-linked securities.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Sarah Palin breast implant allegations sweep the Web
Did Sarah Palin get breast implants, or is the story sweeping the Web just chatter from a bunch of boobs?
Labels:
barack obama,
john mccain,
palin,
politics,
sarah palin
Friday, June 11, 2010
Clinton Tells Dems: 'Never Give Up.."
Bill Clinton says Democratic incumbents can't run away from their records, so they might as well embrace them. "Tell your story,"..
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barack obama,
bill clinton,
democrat,
policy,
politics,
republican,
whitehouse
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Dollar Slips as China Trade Data Reassures
The dollar slipped Thursday against most other major currencies after export data from China showed a continued rebound in global trade while claims slipped...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
The method in Israel's madness
Why would Israel, in a deliberate and methodical operation planned over a week in advance - according to statements by senior Israeli military commanders made in Hebrew-language media days before the attack..
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commandos,
hebrew,
israel,
middle east,
military commanders
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
GM recalls 1.5 million vehicles
General Motors is recalling about 1.5 million vehicles worldwide to address a problem with a heated windshield wiper...
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general motors,
gm,
heated windshield wiper,
recall
Monday, June 7, 2010
2010 Tax Tip Secrets
The book has abundant details of Lyndon Johnson's tax and financial shenanigans and how both Franklin Roosevelt and Richard Nixon used the Internal Revenue Service to pursue their enemies....
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2010 tax tips,
internal revenue service,
irs,
tax tip,
tax tips,
taxes
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